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Satellite Photos Released Revealing Russian Military Build Up

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/10/2014 10:44 -0400

It's not quite YouTube clips, but NATO has released satellite image-based proof that confirms the dramatic build up of Russian military forces along its borders. The images showing tanks, attack helicopters, and war planes, according to NATIO general Breedlove provide support for counter-moves by allies to safeguard their partners. Russia, for its part, has denied it has any plans to invade Ukraine and suggests that NATO is "using the crisis in Ukraine to rally its ranks in the face of an imaginary external threat to strengthen demand for the alliance ... in the 21st century."

*RASMUSSEN SAYS RUSSIA NOW HAS 40,000 TROOPS ON UKRAINE BORDERS

As Channel 4 reports,

The images released by General Breedlove are reported to have been taken on 22 March, nearly a month after the unrest in Crimea began that led to Russia's annexation of the area. The photographs were taken by commercial satellite imaging company Digital Globe.

You can see the images below.

Above: Purported to be Russian military Su-27/30 "Flankers" aircraft at the Primorko-Akhtarsk Air Base in southern Russia, on the Sea of Azov which borders Ukraine. (Image: Digital Globe).

Above: purported to be Russian military tanks and infantry fighting vehicles at a military base near Kuzminka, east of the Sea of Azov in southern Russia (picture: Digital Glob)

Above: purported to be a Russian military airborne or Spetznaz (special forces) brigade at Yeysk, near the Sea of Azov in southern Russia (picture: Digital Globe).

Above: purported to be a Russian artillery battalion at a military base near Novocherkassk, east of the Sea of Azov in southern Russia (picture: Digital Globe).

Above: purported to be Russian Mil Mi-8 "Hips" and Mil Mi-24 "Hinds" aircraft in Belgorod, north of the Russian border with eastern Ukraine (picture: Digital Globe).

Speaking in Prague on Thursday, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said:

"I have this message to Russia: you have a choice to stop blaming others for your own actions, to stop massing your troops, to stop escalating this crisis and start engaging in a genuine dialogue."

He added:

"If Russia is serious about a dialogue, the first step should be to pull back its troops."

Russia has denied that it has any plans to invade Ukraine.

Source: Channel 4

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Thu, 04/10/2014 - 12:59 | 4643910 Paracelsus

I read a fairly good book on the Balkans conflict some years ago.

The author said that "you only lose your virginity once,and NATO lost its virginity in Bosnia".

Somehow that has always stuck with me.

Also,the Kissinger engineered war in Cyprus.Two NATO members warring against one-another.Sort of screws things up,don't it?

Look before we start another Cold war,perhaps we should figure out how we are to disassemble the previous empire.

I feel for the Europeans: debt-masters on one side (Bankers) and Russians on the other....

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 13:09 | 4643960 Ifigenia

Some RT propaganda to balance the US propaganda: "Donetsk protesters prepare for Kiev military attack, referendum

Published time: April 10, 2014 12:03

As the armed storming of the Donetsk administration building seized by the protesters seems imminent, the anti-government movement is preparing for the referendum set to form their new way of life and the country they’re going to live in.

Masked men, who are mostly civil volunteers, but also police and army defectors, say they “defend their motherland from the fascist army that’s going to kill them.” They also demand “a referendum to be independent from Kiev” and are in favor of “being with Russia.”

In the local administration building, the protest movement makes Molotov cocktails: they say they want to avoid any violence, but if there is a crackdown on them, they will be forced to use whatever they have. “I only have a stick to defend myself. They are coming armed with machine guns, and all I had yesterday for example was a chair leg,” a masked protester said.

The Donetsk protesters fear the repetition of Kharkov scenario, where police cleared the demonstrators in a very violent way, detaining at least 70 people.

Donetsk is known to be the Ukrainian industrial capital, with about 1 million people living there. The Donetsk region is home to 10 per cent of the country’s population. In the local administration, there are representatives of almost every big town or city in the Donetsk region, and each city or town occupies a floor in the building.

The protesters explained their position to RT.

“The protest in Donetsk is against nationalism, we are for social justice, the creation of our republic means drastic changes in the way our territory is organized. We are for equality of languages. We are against the oppression by the majority by the nationalist minority, and against threatening ethnic Russians.”

Another protester, wearing a mask, spoke about the industrial wealth of his region that seems to vanish in Kiev for the most part.

“Donetsk region sends about 470 million dollars to Kiev, and less than 150 million returns. All the mines and enterprises in Donetsk are prosperous.”

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 13:49 | 4644090 alustoon

Old pictures, sucker.

http://de.ria.ru/security_and_military/20140410/268247856.html

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 13:59 | 4644125 Iwanttoknow

Must be the same satelite which saw Sadam's buildup on the Saudi border.

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 14:08 | 4644159 ciscokid

Wow!!! Russian build up of troops on Russian soil. Where else can they be.Idiots.

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 14:12 | 4644177 divide_by_zero

Fema camp pics?

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 14:50 | 4644321 zerohedgejjxxzz12

Isn't that what they are supposed to have on their military bases.

I know, the Americans are jealous that these are not their weapons that are there.

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 14:54 | 4644335 Hannibal

Rasmussen is a lying ass snake.

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_10/NATO-satellite-images-of-Russia...

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 19:23 | 4644368 813kml

CNN Headline: "Obama to confirm Russian buildup via Google Streetview, plans to Tweet stern warning, will update Facebook page with detailed military plans."

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 15:44 | 4644588 Dickweed Wang